Noah Berlatsky

Noah Berlatsky edits the online comics and culture website The Hooded Utilitarian. He writes for Slate, Reason, and Splice Today and is the author of a forthcoming book on the original Wonder Woman comics.

Spouses Probably Shouldn't Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly

Spouses Probably Shouldn't Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly

Obsessing over a completely fair division of labor defeats the purpose of marriage. More »

A Cultural History of Sexy Single-Moms-Turned-Criminals

A Cultural History of Sexy Single-Moms-Turned-Criminals

Jennifer Love Hewitt's character on Lifetime's "The Client List" is just the latest example of "momsploitation." More »

Rob Portman's Selfish Reversal on Marriage Is a Triumph for Gay Rights

Rob Portman's Selfish Reversal on Marriage Is a Triumph for Gay Rights

The Republican senator's embrace of marriage equality shows just how successful advocates have been in linking the personal with the political. More »

How Could Someone Who Writes About Lovesick Teen Girls Be a Feminist?

How Could Someone Who Writes About Lovesick Teen Girls Be a Feminist?

"Twilight" and "Host" author Stephenie Meyer claims the word, for good reasons. More »

Prepare for the Attack of the Christlike, Maternal, Lovey-Dovey Body Snatchers

Prepare for the Attack of the Christlike, Maternal, Lovey-Dovey Body Snatchers

Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host,' soon in theaters, does for aliens what 'Twilight' did for vampires. More »

Neither Pro-Life Nor Pro-Choice Can Solve the Selective Abortion Crisis

Neither Pro-Life Nor Pro-Choice Can Solve the Selective Abortion Crisis

The new documentary "It's a Girl" highlights just how complicated the issue is. More »

Indie Rock Is Losing Its Edge Right Before Our Eyes (and So What?)

Indie Rock Is Losing Its Edge Right Before Our Eyes (and So What?)

Suuns' new album reminds that much of the joy of the today's art rock is the way it inhabits a tradition. More »

The Secret Lives of Prostitutes, as Told by Julia Stiles's YouTube Series

The Secret Lives of Prostitutes, as Told by Julia Stiles's YouTube Series

'Blue,' the WIGS show about a working mom who moonlights as an escort, plays on the idea that knowledge is power. More »

Track of the Day: 'White Stone'

Track of the Day: 'White Stone'

Listen up... More »

If Rom Coms Are Getting Worse, It's Not Because Society's Getting Better

If Rom Coms Are Getting Worse, It's Not Because Society's Getting Better

Blame Hollywood, not premarital sex. More »

Emmylou Harris: Better Collaborator Than Soloist (and That's a Good Thing)

Emmylou Harris: Better Collaborator Than Soloist (and That's a Good Thing)

The folk singer's new album showcases her talent as a sharer of musical vision. More »

'The Woman They Couldn't Kill!' Meet She-Devil, Forgotten Female Superhero

'The Woman They Couldn't Kill!' Meet She-Devil, Forgotten Female Superhero

A superheroine to add to the Wonder Woman's ranks, from an unlikely source More »

Beyond 'Here's This Cute Thing My Kid Did': The Exquisite Drama of Parenting Stories

Beyond 'Here's This Cute Thing My Kid Did': The Exquisite Drama of Parenting Stories

Narratives about child-rearing have been maligned as boring. King Lear would beg to differ. More »

The Brilliant Black-Metal Album About Plants Wiping Out Humankind

The Brilliant Black-Metal Album About Plants Wiping Out Humankind

Botanist's new record 'Mandragora' imagines a world in which flora has defeated fauna. More »

'Star Wars' Needs a New Approach to Gender—Not Just More Women

'Star Wars' Needs a New Approach to Gender—Not Just More Women

Science fiction has a history of asking big questions about the sexes. It's time for'Star Wars' to take some pointers from its genre. More »

The Real Problem With Superman's New Writer Isn't Bigotry, It's Fascism

The Real Problem With Superman's New Writer Isn't Bigotry, It's Fascism

Orson Scott Card wouldn't just contradict the Man of Steel's inherent goodness—he'd highlight his inherent fascism. More »

The Descendants of Murderers

The Descendants of Murderers

The new documentary 'Hitler's Children' shows the struggle to confront the atrocities of one's own past More »

Why Don't More People Call Beyonce a Genius?

Why Don't More People Call Beyonce a Genius?

Titles like "Queen Bey" overshadow her early, brilliant music. But she's probably OK with that. More »

What Betty Friedan Could Have Learned from Reading 'Agnes Grey'

What Betty Friedan Could Have Learned from Reading 'Agnes Grey'

The 1847 Anne Brontë novel can be read as both a critique of 'The Feminine Mystique' and an illustration of it. More »

I'm Not Proud, but I'm Not Alone: A Lazy Parent's Meditations

I'm Not Proud, but I'm Not Alone: A Lazy Parent's Meditations

Many moms and dads have moments of falling woefully short of their lofty parenting goals. It's not ideal—but sometimes, it's okay. More »

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